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Investors turn to growth stocks’ results after strong earnings start
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - On the heels of blockbuster earnings from major U.S. banks, investors are focused on whether an upcoming batch of earnings from major technology-related c...
Apr 20, 2021
Tencent move on Japan’s Rakuten to draw Japan, U.S. scrutiny -Kyodo
(Reuters) - Authorities in the United States and Japan will jointly monitor Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc after a unit of Tencent became a major shareholder on concerns about customer informati...
Apr 20, 2021
PayPal’s Venmo launches crypto buying and selling
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment service owned by PayPal Holdings Inc, said on Tuesday it has started allowing users to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on its app,...
Apr 20, 2021
Semiconductor equipment maker ASML to report first-quarter earnings amid chip shortage
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML Holding NV, one of the biggest suppliers to semiconductor companies, is likely to show its order books are full to bursting because of a global chip shortage when it reports...
Apr 20, 2021
Exclusive: Why a U.S. hospital and oil company turned to facial recognition
By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as r...
Apr 20, 2021
Toshiba says CVC to ‘step aside to await’ guidance over offer
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it has received another letter from CVC Capital Partners saying that the European private equity fund "would step aside to await" Toshiba's guidance rega...
Apr 20, 2021
Avast’s confident update sends cybersecurity firm to top of FTSE
LONDON (Reuters) - Cybersecurity firm Avast said it had made a good start to the year, with organic revenue rising 10.4% in the first quarter, and forecast revenue growth at the top end of its 6-8% ra...
Apr 20, 2021
China delivery giant Meituan raises $10 billion – a warchest for drones, self-driving cars
By Scott Murdoch and Yingzhi Yang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Food delivery behemoth Meituan has raised $10 billion in a stock and convertible bonds sale, underscoring strong investor faith in the growth pr...
Apr 20, 2021
China plans $3 billion supercomputing centre to analyse data from space
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's southern space port of Wenchang will build a $3 billion supercomputing centre by year-end to analyse data obtained from space, according to state media on Tuesday. With a p...
Apr 20, 2021
Australia’s Woolworths takes controlling stake in data analytics firm for $173 million
(Reuters) - Australia's biggest supermarket chain Woolworths Group sought to take control of data analytics firm Quantium by raising its stake in the company to 75% from 47%, signalling its increasing...
Apr 19, 2021
